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Apple CEO Tim Cook criticizes antitrust regulation, says some policies would hurt iPhone users
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, speaks at the 2019 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on November 19, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook criticized pending antitrust regulation in the U.S. and Europe on Tuesday, saying that some of the proposed policies would hurt iPhone user privacy […]
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Pentagon monitoring reports of possible Russian chemical weapons attack in Mariupol
Armoured vehicles of pro-Russian troops drive along a street during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 31, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters WASHINGTON — Defense Department press secretary John Kirby said the Pentagon was closely monitoring reports Monday evening of a possible Russian chemical weapons attack on the besieged […]
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Tishman Speyer, landlord of men accused of impersonating DHS agents won $222K judgment for unpaid rent
Arian Taherzadeh seen in photos submitted in a D.O.J. affidavit. Courtesy: D.O.J The landlord of two Washington, D.C., men charged with impersonating Department of Homeland Security agents won a judgment for more than $222,000 in unpaid rent for the five apartments they lived in and loaned out to U.S. Secret Service agents, a court filing […]
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White House Secret Service personnel ‘compromised’ by men impersonating DHS agents, prosecutors say
Evidence photos regarding Taherzadeh and Ali impersonating Federal Agents submitted by the D.O.J. Two men charged with impersonating Homeland Security agents “compromised” Secret Service personnel assigned to protect first lady Jill Biden and the White House by “lavishing” them with gifts that included rent-free apartments, prosecutors said Friday as they asked a federal judge to […]
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Man accused of impersonating DHS agent offered one of Jill Biden’s Secret Service agents an assault rifle, court records say
Arian Taherzadeh seen in photos submitted in a D.O.J. affidavit. Courtesy: D.O.J One of two men criminally charged with impersonating federal law enforcement agents in Washington, D.C., offered to give an assault rifle worth $2,000 to a U.S. Secret Service agent who was assigned to the protective detail of first lady Jill Biden, a court […]
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Senate passes ban on Russian oil and gas imports
Rail wagons for oil, fuel and liquefied gas cargo stand in sidings at Yanichkino railway station, close to the Gazprom Neft PJSC Moscow refinery in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, April 27, 2020. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday passed a bill to ban imports of oil and gas […]
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House oversight chair says DOJ is ‘obstructing’ probe into Trump
Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on D.C. statehood on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Caroline Brehman | CQ-Roll Call | Getty Images WASHINGTON — House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., is alleging that the Department of Justice is “obstructing” the panel’s investigation into former President Donald Trump by blocking the National […]
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U.S. sanctions Putin’s adult children, bans all new investment in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on agriculture via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on April 5, 2022. Mikhail Klimentyev | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday announced it would impose a new slate of sanctions on Russia that includes first-time sanctions on the […]
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House to vote on bill to legalize marijuana
Adam Eidinger along with other DC marijuana advocates gathered on the east side of the US Capitol plaza grounds to urge Congressional lawmakers to lower the restrictions on marijuana use in the District of Columbia, and made a further statement by illegally smoking marijuana and consequently being arrested, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC Monday […]
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U.S. sanctions global network of firms helping the Russian military evade export controls
Armored vehicles of pro-Russian troops drive along a road in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict near Dokuchaievsk in the Donetsk region, Ukraine March 25, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions on a global network of individuals and shell companies it says are helping the Russian military to […]
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